2006. le stay on the board until his term expired next year. let s bring in tech reporter brian fung. why is he leaving? well he said it is time for someone who isn t a founder to lead the company. he said companies often who place too great of an emphasis on what founders want and how they believe the company should be run and that is limited and increasing a single point of failure. yes, dorsey is a co-founder of the company. he sent the first tweet in 2006 and was brought back in 2015 to rein rigor ate growth and since then they have dealt with misinformation and hate speech on the platform as well as the potential for regulations and legislation now facing the company. and other tech companies as well. and but at the same time, twitter insists that this is the right time for dorsey to step aside and he does acknowledge this was his decision and he owns it. let me read you a snippet of
mr. zimmerman, just for appearing for your first appearances, our first appearance at this time for a charge of murder in the second degree and you are represented by mr. o mara, is that true. yes, sir. remember your right to remain silent and all the other rights he told you about, you have to say nothing, and we ll go forward here on some procedural matters only at this time. after reviewing the short affidavit for probable cause i find that probable cause for the charge as put in the information. the special prosecutor in this case charged zimmerman with second degree murder. that came down yesterday. no plea was entered during this particular court appearance, first appearance, and as the lawyer decided not to ask for bail at this time. le stay in custody, protective custody, awaiting a formal arraignment next month, may 29th. zimmerman came out of hiding yesterday, turned himself into police in sanford, and his attorney mark o mara says that zimmerman is afraid b